1962 Diary

1962 Diary P02 12

1962 Diary P02 12

A year of many deaths—artist Franz Kline, patron Margaret de Silver, and husband Joseph Gousha. Somehow, Powell finished “The Golden Spur” and it was published in the fall. Edmund Wilson devotes more than 2,000 admiring words to the book in The New Yorker.

1962 Diary excerpt P02 24

1962 Diary excerpt P02 24

Powell reflects on the long struggles with her husband and her son.